A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

1. A friend of Cicero, of whom nothing is known. (Cic. Att. 5.2.2.) Ernesti supposes that Sempronius Rufus is intended (comp. ad Att. 6.2.10, ad Fam. 8.7), Rufio being the diminutive of Rufus; but it is quite uncertain.